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Pieter Toerien presents
the 2013 Tony Award-winning play
VANYA and SONIA and MASHA and SPIKE
Pieter Toerien presents the South African premiere of this raucous and surprisingly poignant smash hit by Christopher Durang, which will be directed by Bobby Heaney. Three siblings. One hot mess! Vanya and his sister Sonia live a quiet life in the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they grew up. But their sister Masha escaped many years ago and became a famous movie star!
When Masha returns unannounced with her twenty-something toy boy, Spike, their prophesizing housekeeper Cassandra correctly predicts an unforgettable weekend of rivalry, regret and generally hilarious adventure! By the end of their impromptu family reunion, this lovable bunch won’t ever be the same!
The original Broadway production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike starred Sigourney Weaver (Masha) and David Hyde Pierce (Vanya) and swept all the awards in the 2013 season. Riffling on some of Chekov’s most time-tested themes, Christopher Durang proves in this hysterically funny romp that whether you are in 19th Century Russia or 21st Century Pennsylvania, the human condition never changes. Bookings are now open at Computicket.
Starring Michael Richard as Vanya, Bo Petersen as Sonia, Louise Saint-Claire as Masha, Richard Gau as Spike, Emilie Owen as Nina, and Kensiwe Tshabalala as Cassandra.
Show Information
Victoria Theatre , Grahamstown 7 July – 9 July
Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre 12 July – 10 August
Theatre on the Bay 13 August – 6 September
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is Broadway’s Tony Award-winning BEST PLAY of 2013.
